POPE FRANCIS' INTENTION FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025
For families in crisis
Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other's gifts, even in their differences.
For families in crisis
Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other's gifts, even in their differences.
Our Lord,
As Francis, our beloved pope, suffers from grave illnesses,
we come before you in prayer.
We ask you to look with mercy on your servant Francis,
who has served you devotedly and tirelessly
as a Jesuit, a priest, an archbishop, a cardinal and as pope.
Most of all, he has served you as a faithful Christian
sharing the love, mercy and compassion that your Son
showed to all he encountered in his public ministry,
especially those who were poor or in any way struggling.
During his papacy, Francis has striven to imitate your Son
by reaching out to all who were feeling abandoned, ignored or neglected,
making it his special task to care for those who were in any way sick.
As Francis himself now faces serious and complex illnesses,
help the doctors, nurses and medical team who care for him,
help him bear any pain with grace and help him to heal quickly.
Send your Holy Spirit, your own breath, into his weakened lungs
to heal him, inspire him and raise him up again
so that he may live out his vocation as the Vicar of Christ.
But if it is your will, loving God, to take him to yourself,
let his passing into new life be painless and peaceful.
We ask all this in your Holy Name.
Amen.
Based on a prayer published in
America Magazine, February 24, 2025.
As Francis, our beloved pope, suffers from grave illnesses,
we come before you in prayer.
We ask you to look with mercy on your servant Francis,
who has served you devotedly and tirelessly
as a Jesuit, a priest, an archbishop, a cardinal and as pope.
Most of all, he has served you as a faithful Christian
sharing the love, mercy and compassion that your Son
showed to all he encountered in his public ministry,
especially those who were poor or in any way struggling.
During his papacy, Francis has striven to imitate your Son
by reaching out to all who were feeling abandoned, ignored or neglected,
making it his special task to care for those who were in any way sick.
As Francis himself now faces serious and complex illnesses,
help the doctors, nurses and medical team who care for him,
help him bear any pain with grace and help him to heal quickly.
Send your Holy Spirit, your own breath, into his weakened lungs
to heal him, inspire him and raise him up again
so that he may live out his vocation as the Vicar of Christ.
But if it is your will, loving God, to take him to yourself,
let his passing into new life be painless and peaceful.
We ask all this in your Holy Name.
Amen.
Based on a prayer published in
America Magazine, February 24, 2025.
JUBILEE OF HOPE, 2025
The Diocese of Hamilton joins the celebration of the Global Church in this Ordinary Jubilee Year, 2025, as “Pilgrims of Hope!” We are all invited to journey through this year drawing closer to God through prayer, service and experiences of renewal. Six churches have been designated as pilgrimage sites across the Diocese, welcoming you as a visitor over the course of the Jubilee to come and pray. Resources, information and locations of the pilgrimage sites are all made available on the Diocesan Website: www.hamiltondiocese.com.
Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome on Christmas Eve, inaugurating the Jubilee Year. In Cathedrals around the world and in our Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, the Holy Year will be inaugurated on December 28-29, 2024, the Feast of the Holy Family. The year will be officially launched in each Parish in the Diocese on this dame day. The Jubilee Year of Hope will conclude on January 6, 2026.
“In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring… may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope.”
Pope Francis, Spes non confundit.
Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome on Christmas Eve, inaugurating the Jubilee Year. In Cathedrals around the world and in our Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, the Holy Year will be inaugurated on December 28-29, 2024, the Feast of the Holy Family. The year will be officially launched in each Parish in the Diocese on this dame day. The Jubilee Year of Hope will conclude on January 6, 2026.
“In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring… may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope.”
Pope Francis, Spes non confundit.
WORLD DAY OF PEACE 2025
| World Day of Peace 2025 - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR TEH XXXIX WORLD YOUTH DAY
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
On Sunday, 24 November 2024, the universal Church will celebrate World Youth Day on the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This year the Holy Father, Pope Francis has encouraged young people to pray and reflect on the theme: “Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary” (Is. 40.31). In preparation for World Youth Day you are invited to read the Holy Father’s message to young people.
jubilee year 2025
"Pilgrims of hope"
In 2025 the universal Church will celebrate a Jubilee Year – a year of renewal in faith. The theme of the year established by Pope Francis is "Pilgrims of Hope." Pope Francis has asked that the preparation for the Jubilee be marked in a particular way by rediscovering the teachings of Vatican II, in particular the four Constitutions, and by prayer. A five-part video series has been developed for use in the Diocese of Hamilton to explore the history and the four main documents of Vatican II. All resources and study guides are available free for digital use here: https://hamiltondiocese.com/vatican-ii/.
world day of prayer for the care of creation
september 1, 2024
| Holy Father's Message World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2024 |
“We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.”
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